If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

The right most valued by all civilized men is the right to be left alone.

The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking the golden eggs laid by somebody else's goose. The investment bankers and their associates now enjoy that privilege.

The tax-exempt privilege is a feature always reflected in the market price of [municipal] bonds. The investor pays for it.

Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.

Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.